-was in her early forties but didn’t have her life all together yet
-didn’t have a perfect Hollywood figure but nobody made a joke about her weight (to my knowledge)
-super funny and empathetic
-doubted her capabilities at first but learned to trust herself
-wanted to go on crazy space adventures but simultaneously wanted to get married and have a family and she was never derided for wanting both
-had a rich platonic relationship with the Doctor
-Appreciate Donna Noble
Not to mention had low-prestige job skills that came in handy for her amazing space adventures more than once!
^^^I FORGOT ABOUT THIS SHAME ON ME^^^
She had low self-esteem and used snark to cover it up
Her mother and fiance (in her first episode) viewed her as self-centered and flighty. But she was so observant and empathetic that after meeting the Doctor just once she figured out what kind of places he’d go to and committed an entire year to tracking him down